1 Tree Cottages, Reading Road, Lower Basildon, Reading, RG8 9NN

1 Tree Cottages is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Lower Basildon, Reading, Reading (RG8 9NN). It has a recorded floor area of 68 m² (around 732 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2007 onwards and council tax band D. The latest certificate (January 2023) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 3 certificates since October 2008. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 91), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 68 m² it sits well below the postcode median (172 m² across 4 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Last sale on file: £372,000 in April 2023. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 2008–2023, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.2% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£508/sq ft) was about 78.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode.